US charges eight with backing Tigers
The United States unveiled on Monday charges
against eight accused of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam. Authorities said they had unsealed two complaints against
defendants who had been in close contact with the LTTE and some of
them had met with its leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
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Sufficient food stocks Jaffna bound
Social Services and Cooperative Development
Minister Douglas Devananda yesterday expressed optimism that the
Government could despatch sufficient food stocks to the Jaffna
peninsula in time before any severe food shortage could crop up
there.
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Business community urged to put pressure on LTTE
Peace Secretariat Secretary General Dr. Palitha
Kohona urged the country's business community to put pressure on the
LTTE to denounce violence and to return to the negotiating table.
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